Kilmarnock Academy - English S1 Homework (adv) pronouns

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The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. -- John Powell

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too, can become great.
--Mark Twain

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
--Unknown

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Lenny Bruce .

On Education....

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
--Will Durant

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education
--Mark Twain

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
--Malcolm Forbes

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English - S1 Homework (Advanced) Pronouns

S1 English Homework. Exercise 7.

Pronouns

Copy the following note into your jotter.

A pronoun is a word used to refer to a person or thing without giving a name. This is used instead of a noun. E.g. it, she, them, us, myself.

Choose a pronoun from the list below and complete the following sentences. Only use each pronoun once!

our we yourself she myself I you ourselves

her some any him us it himself

1. Do ____ want to go to the pictures?

2. Our aunt gave ______ some sweets.

3. That is John's book. It belongs to ____.

4. I made ten pounds. Did you make ___?

5. Look after ________ when you are away.

6. This is Gillian's picture that _____ painted.

7. ____ am going to the disco on Saturday.

8. Alan brushed his teeth and dressed _______.

9. I'm having soup. Do you want _____?

10. I can't find the book. I'm sure I left _____ here.

11. Angela has lost _____ jacket.

12. _____ went to Mexico on holiday last year.

13. I was three when I learned to dress _______.

14. We bought ________ some sweets.

15. We invited everyone back to _____ house.

Mrs D. Thomson